Formation patches 2nd Canadian Armoured Division (canvas)

The brigade's three regiments landed in Normandy on D-Day, 6 June 1944. Unlike their peers in the 4th Canadian Armoured Brigade, who were usually paired with their division's 10th Canadian Infantry Brigade, the 2nd was paired with any infantry who were in need of armour support.

This formation rarely fought as an entity. Its primary role was infantry support and thus its regiments were usually individually tasked out to infantry units to participate in particular operations. One of the occasions when the Brigade did undertake an operation on its own, Le Mesnil-Patry / Rots on 11 June 1944, ended with only a partial success and severe losses to the Canadians. 2 CAB fought in the North West Europe Campaign, longer than any other armoured formation, from D-Day to V-E Day, suffering 435 fatal casualties in total. One of the brigade's tanks, Bomb, of the Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment, fought continuously from D-Day to the end of the war, the only Canadian tank to fight unscathed across Northwest Europe. Bomb is preserved today at the Armoury of the Sherbrooke Hussars in Sherbrooke, Quebec.